To gain a potential advantage in plea bargaining, prosecutors sometimes:

The __________ Amendment guarantees that people should be secured against unreasonable searches and seizures.

About __________ cases are filed each year in the major trial courts of the states.

The term “dual court system” refers to separate state and federal courts.

Incapacitation that focuses on offenders with a high risk of serious recidivism is termed __________.

What is one of the major factors influencing bargaining and discretion?

Which refers to any means of settling disputes outside the courtroom?

In ___________, the Eighth Amendment’s probation against cruel and unusual punishment applies to the states as well as the federal government.

Evidence appears to suggest that the exclusionary rule has what effect on the criminal court system?

There is differential treatment based on race, but not sex.